Office of the President Archives
Tuesday
January 21, 2014 8:00 am
President Clayton Spencer’s statement on climate change and divestment
I write to outline important aspects of our institutional response to the urgent problem of climate change and to address the question of whether the college should divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry.
Friday
January 10, 2014 1:10 pm
President Clayton Spencer’s statement on the boycott of Israeli academic institutions
On behalf of Bates College, I reject unequivocally the boycott of Israeli universities that was recently passed by a majority of the members of the American Studies Association.